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A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION FOR GENTLEMEN

Welcome to the website for Chap, which aims to bring you a mix of excerpts from the latest issue of our magazine, full features from previous editions and previously unpublished content. You don’t have to read the actual magazine to enjoy this website – but it certainly helps…

Eartha Kitt

Sunday Swift: Whether you know her from her singing songs like Santa Baby and Monotonous, or for her various roles in television, film and theatre, the name Eartha Kitt is associated with very specific images – and those images are usually tinged delightfully with camp. She imbued overt and even hyperbolic sexuality, with a slight but athletic figure, usually draped in an evening gown with a slit up to the top of her thigh, smouldering at the camera through irresistibly sultry eyes. Her performances were usually accompanied with cat-like growls and purring rolled r’s, making her the perfect actress to play…